Jazz: Web Sites

"Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress."

A portal for websites of jazz musicians and organizations.

From Harvard College Library

A database of biographical and descriptive information on artists, composers, compositions, songs and songwriters. The database includes links to sound recordings, a music glossary, and surveys of music styles.

Includes biographical and discographical information of jazz artists who came together for the Harlem 1958 portrait; searchable by instrument, style, or name

"..sixteen hundred photographs of celebrated jazz artists, documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948..."

From Indiana University

From Indiana University, a large ethnographic collection of popular, world music, spoken word recordings, and the Hoagy Carmichael collection.

"...the largest and most comprehensive library and archive of jazz and jazz-related materials in the world."

"History of Jazz Before 1930"

Newsletter of the Archives of African American Music and Culture; includes reviews of resources

"...covers the world of jazz music with reviews, interviews, forums, a photo gallery, free jazz downloads, jazz videos and the latest jazz news. "

Online version; recent issues available in the Beckwith Music Library, previous issues back to 1998 are available in the H-L Library